Spinning and twisting machine.



W. H. GOLDSMITH, JR,

SPINNING AND TWISTING MACHINE).

APPLICATION FILED 00125, 1915.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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W. H. GOLDSMITH, JR.

SPINNING AND TWISTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 00125, 191 5.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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Tadzzmamswa me y ..Be it known that l, 'T/VILLIAMVIH. Gonn- ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. GOLDSMITH, 33., 0F BIDDEFOBD, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO SACO-LOWELL r. o f Biddeford, in" the county of York' andfState of Maine, a citizen of the ,UnitedStates,haye invented a new and use- "ful Improvement in Spinning and Twisting Machines, of which the followingis'a full,

clear, and exact description, reference belng had to the accompanying drawings,1 fo rming a part of this specification in explamlng its nature.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and otherwise improve the general structure of the machine and essentially to provide means whereby the relation between the ring rails and the driving partsmay remainconstant whatever the adjusted position of the rails may be.

The invention can best be seen andunderstood by reference to the drawings inwhich only such parts of a spinning machine are '2, and

.shown as are necessary to a proper under:

standing of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan of the-machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

\ Fig. l is a section on the life- 1: -,i-4 of Fig.

Fig. 5 is a section on. the line 5 -5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the draw-ings:'-

The supporting base structure of the machine consists of a series of supporting framepieces or standards 1 which are arranged intermediate the ends of the spindle rail 2 and are connected by the spindle rails.

These rails are fixed to the frame pieces in a manner to permit of their vertical adjustment. Such attachment is obtained by bolts 4 which' pass through vertical slots 5 in the frame piece and are secured by nuts 6. The spindle rails is adjustable support of the 7 which extend dle rails.

, The spindle rails are also adjustablyse cured to, and assist in the support of an end frame .10 which carries various customary mannen' The attachment betw'een'the spin dle rails and end frame is attained by means Specification of Letters Patent.

12 formed in the end frame a eared mechanisms (not shown) which assist in the operatlon of the machine in theusual snorspor BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, a oonror a'rronor MASSACHUSETTS)" Y ,1

flanged ends 13 of the s secured by nuts 14:. v 15 is the driving dru'm orcylinde which the spindles not-saws)? upon the spindlerails, -are; drive usual manner. 16 isthe' I on which the cylinder 15. is mounted' andby I V 5 the wherea sa as Patented-Apr.- 16,, 1918a fep iicauon filed October 25,1515. Serial1 lo.57,668. i

ss ssins the machine (not shown). The shaft 16 'is operated by'pulleys arranged upon it and of which the pulley 17 is a fixed pulley and 18 an idler pulley.

ing all 'of the remaining 'operativepartsof In accordance with the purpose of my inventionarrangement is made whereby the main drive shaft 15, together with the cylinder'and pulleys thereon, may be moved "simultaneously with the spindle rails. In other words, the arrangement is such that which connect with the ends of the cross,

bar by bolts 23. The entire outrigger structure is secured to theends of the spindle rails by bolts 24 to project in, extension thereof and lie in substantially the same plane with the plane'of the two spindle rails. The outrigger structure. provides'a support for one end of the drive shaft 16, there being formed upon the cross-bar 21 and rail 22 of' the outrigger structure bearings 25 in which the shaft. turns.

ture provides, also, a housing within which The outrigger structhe fast and loose pulleys are contained, the

same. being arranged upon the main shaft between the bearings 25. v

The main drive shaft is centrally supported by a cross-bar'26 which is secured to the.

spindle'rails at approximately the center of the machine and s prov ded with a bearing 27 through which the drive shaft extends, substantially as shown in Fig. 5.

That portion of'the drive shaft adjacent v .1052 thefra'me 10 at the outer end of the machine fgfrom'theioutrigger frame, i s'supported by a rossbar'28 which is secured to the ends of the spindle rails and provided with a central" bearing 29 through which the drive sh'aftextend's. .fl

From the above description 'it- 'will be seen I {that the main drive shaft, .the pulleys driving this shaft and the maindr ivi'ng cylinder are all movable with the spindle rails and faizcordi-nglyfmaintain til 68341116 relative positions at all times with respect to these rails, 10 whatever the frame supporting said rails and interposed I BEST AVAILABLE COFf between the ends thereof, a cylinder, a cylindei fshaftfa driving pulley aflixedto said shaft, means for securing said spindle rails to said frame to have vertical adjustment thereon, an auxiliary outrigger frame fixed to said spindle rails at one end of the machine in extension of said rails and occupy ing 'aconstant relative'position with relation, thereto, said outrigger frame providing a bearing for said shaft and'a housing orguard for said pulley,';and other means for assisting in the support of said shaft at the other end of the machine whereby it and the cylinder carried thereby may occupy a constant relative position with relation to said spindle rails. a I

\VILLIAM H. GOLDSMITH, JR. 

